abstracting electricity From: A Dictionary of Law | Date: 2002| Author: | © A Dictionary of Law 2002, originally published by Oxford University Press 2002. Copyright information

abstracting electricity The arrestable offence , punishable with up to five years' imprisonment and/or a fine, of dishonestly using, wasting, or diverting electricity. This offence may be committed by someone who bypasses his electricity meter or reconnects a disconnected meter or who unlawfully obtains a free telephone call (though there is a more specific and ...

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	Electricity theft danger.(News) ; ...The practice, which is known as abstracting electricity, carries a maximum sentence of...and Hebburn, said: Not only is abstracting electricity a criminal offence, it is also...that at some of the homes where abstracting electricity is happening we have found small...
	Electricity probe.(News) ; A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of stealing electricity from a Coventry shop. He was arrested by police at a shop in the city centre last Thursday. He was quizzed on suspicion of abstracting electricity from the shop and released on police bail pending further inquiries.
	Two charged after drugs raid.(News) ; ...dis-covered at houses in Hill-side Avenue, Huyton. Huong Nguyen, 24, of London, and Thanh Tien Ntuyen, 30, of Hillside Av-enue, Huyton, have been charged with production of cannabis and possession with intent to supply and abstracting electricity
	Man grew drug.(News) ; A 61-YEAR-old Wallasey man has admitted running a cannabis farm. William Evans also pleaded guilty to abstracting electricity on March 13 this year. Evans, of Radnor Drive, was further remanded on bail by Liverpool crown court until September 21.
	Raid closes cannabis factory ; News in brief ; ...property in Broad Walk, Kidbrooke. It is believed the street value of the cannabis would be about Pounds 100,000. A man of 21 was arrested and is being questioned in connection with the cultivation of cannabis and abstracting electricity.
	16 in court charged over drugs ; ...supply, and Costello and Nicholson were charged with abstracting electricity. Tony Bennett, 25, of Greenfields Road, Bishop Auckland...Darlington, were both charged with producing cannabis and abstracting electricity. Charged with producing cannabis were Michael Howard...
	Plea sparks trail date ; A Neath man is to stand trial at Swansea Crown Court accused of abstracting electricity illegally. It is alleged that 31-year-old Michael Bates, of Tregelles Road, used a quantity of electricity dishonestly between...
	Man grew his own cannabis.(News) ; ...Wolverhampton Crown Court was told. Alan Cole admitted producing cannabis, possessing the controlled drug and also abstracting electricity. He was given an eight month jail sentence suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours community punishment...
	Three face trial on cannabis charge.(News) ; ...Court. Qi Shang Zheng, Ming Chen and Ming Wang, all of no fixed abode, were charged with the production of cannabis and abstracting electricity on September 12. Zheng, 28, and Wang, 26, appeared on video from Winson Green prison in Birmingham and denied the charges...
	Police pull the plug on power cheats.(News) ; ...from ScottishPower Manweb to target 270 address in Tarncliff, Mere-cliff and Denecliff. Six people were arrested for abstracting electricity and one person was arrested for a public order offence. They were all taken to a police station on Mer-seyside for questioning...

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